Carmelo Anthony Quotes

Play hard, learn as much as I can and do what I do best. The rest will take care of itself I think.

These close games that we're losing, the teams are not beating us. We're kind of beating ourselves.

Of course I want to take the last shot, let's be quite frank: I've been doing for nine years already, and I've made a ton of them.

Success is the result of psychologically preparing for it, prior to achieving it!

I'm not at the point in my career where I want to rebuild.

It's too late for me to get married before I'm famous. You never know people's intentions.

Denver is home to me, and to be recognized for my achievements in the sports community here is a great honor.

People only know what they see on TV.

I'm me. I'm just out there being myself. I like having fun. But at the same time, I bring everybody together. So I'm really
or I try to be
like the glue of the team.

Family time is the best time.

As a kid I couldn't afford any Jordans, so I didn't get my first pair until my last year of high school. They were Air Jordan 9s.

Every year it's been people saying I can't do this or I can't do that. Y'all will see something different, I can tell you that.

The fans are dying. We're dying.

I like having fun.

I kind of knew Cleveland was going to get the No. 1 pick. I think they rigged it. No, don't quote me on that.

What I do will be straight up. Management knows that.

I know I'm not a selfish player. People around me know I'm not a selfish player. I do everything I can to make people around me understand I'm not a selfish player.

I think I am a smarter player now.

I don't put pressure on myself. When I put pressure on myself, then I just play bad. When I play bad, my team plays bad.

I have my own identity as a player.

I smile all the time, even when I'm in a bad mood. I always try to keep a smile on my face.

Man, I'm not trying to be important; I just go out and play.

I think I'll always want to improve my defense. That's something that can always be better. Not saying it's bad now, just something you should always work on.

I think going to college for that one year was probable the best thing I have ever done.

A lot of people think that as a player, during the lockout, you just have your whole day free. It's not like that - especially for me. I wake up everyday, train in the morning from 9 a.m. to about 2 p.m. Then I have a business meeting here, have to meet this person there, it's non-stop for me.

I got a picture [tattoo] of Mohammed Ali on my side with one of his quotes. That's my guy. I look up to him. I'm like his number one fan.

I want to be a free agent. I think everybody in the NBA dreams to be a free agent at least one time in their career. It's like you have an evaluation period. It's like if I'm in the gym and I have all the coaches, all the owners, all the GMs come into the gym and just evaluate everything I do. So yes, I want that experience.

People tend to grow fearful, when they taste failure, face a daunting challenge or fall ill. Yet, that is precisely the time to become even bolder. Those who are victors at heart are the greatest of all champions!!!!

I believe that you should put the right people around you, people that will not let anything go wrong.

I think people fail to realize that teams and organizations have been stacking teams since way back in the day.

I just want to get on the court.

Any decision I make is the biggest decision of my life.

The only person I ever wanted to meet was Muhammad Ali. And of all the people I've ever met, he's the one who most impressed me. It's tough to listen to him. You gotta have patience. But you see how strong his mind is. Even now, he's one of the most intelligent people on the planet.

At this point in my career I'm not concerned about the money, it's about winning. Nothing else even matters.

People look at me like I'm on my way out of the game. I'm just getting started.

I'm a classical type of guy. Whatever's out at that point in time, I like it. I just put my own twist on it, and we go from there.

I can't worry about what other people are saying about me. At the end of the day, it's just their opinions, but if I said I don't hear it, or it doesn't bother me a little bit, I'd be lying to you.

When I was young, I was sold on winning. I was always serious on the court. As I got older, I realized that it was just a basketball game. Just go out there and have fun.

As a good player in the inner city, you're always hearing people saying that you're better than you really are and that you don't have to do things like everybody else.

Always stay true to yourself. Some people will like it, some people won't. Life goes on.

I understand the NBA and the role I play on my team. I know that I have to play a leadership role and do whatever I have to do to win.

No one is perfect. I know there is stuff that I need to work on, and not just one thing, but my game overall. Everything can get better.

It [boxing] helps my hand-eye coordination, my stamina, my footwork, and it gives me that competitive edge and drive. And in the ring it's mano-a-mano. So it helps you build that arrogance, that cockiness, that confidence in yourself that the man that stands in front of you isn't going to beat you, and that translates to the court.

I've been at the funerals of a lot of people in my neighborhood. Sometimes when I sit back and relax, I think about that and just blank out.

Leadership is something I was born with.

Allen Iverson is a ball hog. You will never win a championship with him on your team.

I told my mom I would graduate. I owe that much to her and myself.

I think everybody has their own unique style.

We're still getting better as a team. We're still learning how to play basketball as a team and how to win tough games.

I want to retire in New York, let's be quite frank. I think a lot of people jumped the gun when I said I wanted to be a free agent. And yeah, I want people to come to play in New York. I want them to want to play in New York. I want New York to be that place where guys want to come play.

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